Nidal Ali Shah (born 10th October 2006) is a parliamentary candidate for the Yeovil constituency in the 2024 General Elections.[1] He is running against Marcus Fysh, Serena Wooton, Adam Dance and Mark Burdge.[2]
He is running as the youngest ever parliamentary candidate and is still in school where he attends Millfield School. He would be, if elected, the youngest member of parliament in history.[3] [4]
He has also excelled in chess and academics amongst others but has not formally given any interviews regarding his candidacy at this time.[5][6][7] There is little else available about Nidal Shah and this is reflected in the lack of available information in his online profiles.[8] [9] [10]
In addition to this, Nidal Shah runs a popular Tiktok ‘Distant 57’ which has garnered over 35,000 followers. [11] He posts gaming content on this account and streams regularly.
He is running for the Workers Party of Britain (WPB) led by George Galloway.[1] The Workers Party of Britain is a left wing political party with Pro-Palestinian views and have key policies such as leaving NATO.[12] [13] Nidal Shah himself has been a consistent and loud activist for the Palestinian movement during his short political career.
Early life and career
Nidal Shah was born on 10th October 2006. He was educated at Millfield School, an independent boarding school in Somerset. He has since been nominated as the candidate for the Yeovil Member of Parliament and is running as the youngest ever candidate.